CNE raid collects $1M worth of counterfeit goods

An estimated $1 million worth of counterfeit goods was seized from the CNE grounds by Toronto police on Friday. Three booths at the Canadian National Exhibition's Direct Energy Centre were raided by about 15 officers from the financial crimes unit,...

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Mother charged with attempted murder in boy's beating

The mother of an 11-year old boy who is in critical condition in hospital is facing multiple charges including attempted murder after an assault at a west-end Toronto apartment early Friday, police say. Police said the boy had been beaten. His mother...

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Quebec man gets 4 months for beating puppies

A man in Quebec's Eastern Townships has received one of the stiffest jail sentences ever handed down in Canada in an animal cruelty case. Jimmy Marchand will spend the next four months behind bars after pleading guilty to negligence and beating his...

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Justin Trudeau's pot admission could show loosening taboo

Canadians are learning a little more about the drug habits of their politicians, thanks to a spate of recent admissions on past marijuana use. But that doesn't mean other aspects of their elected officials' personal lives are fair game in the political...

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U.S. woman pleads guilty to killing 2 Ontario tourists

A homeless woman has pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in the fatal stabbings of an Ontario mother and daughter who were visiting Atlantic City. The Press of Atlantic City reports 45-year-old Antoinette Pelzer entered her pleas Friday afternoon....

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Air Canada passengers to receive up to $800 if they get bumped

Air Canada will have to compensate bumped passengers in cash for as much as $800, depending on the length of the delay, under new rules the Canadian Transportation Agency has handed down. New rules that come into effect on Sept. 18, require that passengers...

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Vancouver airport strike 'chaos' averted

Related External Links YVR: Flight Information (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) The strike that would have seen more than 300 workers at Vancouver International Airport walk off the job...

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Road fatalities rise on long weekends, but not for the usual reasons

In the days before long weekends come the inevitable police campaigns with their dire warnings of deadly crashes. Don't be one of the many fatalities, they warn. A recent Canadian study found that there's truth to the oft-repeated refrain that long-weekend...

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Justin Trudeau's pot admission could show loosening taboo

Canadians are learning a little more about the drug habits of their politicians, thanks to a spate of recent admissions on past marijuana use. But that doesn't mean other aspects of their elected officials' personal lives are fair game in the political...

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Abolishing Senate requires consensus, Ontario to argue

Ontario plans to intervene in the federal government's Supreme Court reference on the future of the Senate and will argue that support of seven provinces with 50 per cent of the population is not enough to abolition the Senate, according to a source...

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Rob Ford on pot: 'I've smoked a lot'

Rob Ford has stated he does "not use crack cocaine, nor [is he] an addict of crack cocaine," but he has smoked a lot of marijuana. The Toronto mayor, who has been accused of having a substance abuse problem, casually announced he has used the drug as...

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Trudeau defends pot revelation as caucus meets in P.E.I.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has defended his recent admission about smoking marijuana in a speech before hundreds of local supporters at his party's summer caucus in Prince Edward Island. In a Wednesday evening speech, Trudeau acknowledged the controversy...

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Trudeau's Liberals wrap up meeting with focus on middle class

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says his party will focus on addressing the economic challenges facing the middle class as it prepares to fight the next election. He also told reporters in Prince Edward Island that he doesn't regret speaking out against...

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Lac-Mégantic victim identified as 4-year-old girl

The Quebec coroner's office has identified four-year-old Alyssa Charest Bégnoche as the 39th victim of the Lac-Mégantic, Que., rail disaster in July. Alyssa's sister, Bianka, is also presumed dead. The death of their 30-year-old mother, Talitha Coumi...

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Kip sisters welcomed home after Bon Echo rescue

Two sisters from New Hamburg who went missing for nearly two days in Bon Echo Provincial Park returned home Wednesday night to cheers and hugs from friends and family. "I don't know what else to say other than I am ecstatic, I am over the moon, I don't...

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Owning a home becoming less affordable

Home ownership has become less affordable for the average Canadian, but that hasn't stopped many from jumping into what may already be an overpriced market, suggests a new report from the Royal Bank. Royal Bank says its housing affordability index reversed...

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Budget 'mistake' more than doubles tax on credit unions

Related External Links Read the Deloitte report (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) The NDP is calling on Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to acknowledge a mistake in last spring's federal...

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Is the Big 3 telecom 'Fair for Canada' campaign working?

For several weeks now, the big three telecommunication firms — Bell, Rogers and Telus — have joined forces and waged a public relations blitz to win the hearts and minds of Canadians. Their 'Fair for Canada' campaign seeks to rally the public to their...

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Canada 'way behind' on home-care help, patient advocates say

When patient advocate Donna Davis helped a friend navigate the transition from hospital to home care, she encountered a vexing problem. Hospital and home-care workers "just tell you what to do," Davis recalls. "It's that paternalistic: 'We will make...

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Ontario sisters must pay uncle $125K for false sex abuse claims

new WARNING: This story contains graphic details By Adam Carter, CBC News Posted: Aug 27, 2013 11:37 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 27, 2013 11:29 AM ET A judge has ordered two sisters from Ancaster, Ont., to pay their uncle $125,000 in libel...

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Wireless foreign ownership limits should end, report says

If the federal government really wants healthy competition in the wireless market, it should just do away with the limits on foreign ownership and other regulations, a new report says. The analysis published Monday by the right-of-centre Fraser Institute...

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Topless women march in Vancouver for gender equality

More than 50 women marched through downtown Vancouver on Sunday, baring their breasts in the name of gender equality. The march was part of a national campaign organized by GoTopless, a women's organization fighting for equal topless rights. Organizers...

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Double mastectomy leads to 'calamity of errors,' review of home care

Lynn Burkitt asked for a double mastectomy, hoping to rid herself of worry after a scary bout with breast cancer. But what the 52-year-old from Medicine Hat, Alta., got instead was a series of surgeries and mishaps that left her with a gaping, infected...

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NDP determined to abolish Senate, Mulcair says

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair today began a cross-country tour to spread his party's message that the Senate is full of unelected party hacks who have no business writing Canada's laws and should be abolished now. Mulcair launched his "roll up the red carpet"...

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Canada giving $1.2M for religious freedom in Nigeria, Central Asia

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Andrew Bennett, Canada's ambassador for religious freedom, are announcing $1.2 million for projects to promote tolerance for religions around the world. Bennett was appointed as religious freedom ambassador earlier...

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Stanley Park celebrates 125th anniversary this weekend

Stanley Park is celebrating its 125th anniversary this weekend with a two-day, family-friendly event. More than 200 activities and performances are scheduled to take place between noon to 10:00 p.m. PT Saturday and Sunday. At noon both days, a Coast...

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Ambitious space plan could put Canadian on the moon

Canada could be sending its first astronaut to the moon under an ambitious long-term plan being developed by a group of space agencies around the world. A return to the moon within the next two decades is part of the recently updated Global Exploration...

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Fredericton firefighters pull woman from burning house

A house fire in Fredericton early Sunday has sent one woman to hospital and displaced 11 others. Firefighters were called to 379 Charlotte St. at about 5:30 a.m. Mike Mizner, acting platoon captain with the Fredericton Fire Department, said a fire...

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Guys gather for My Little Pony convention in B.C.

Hundreds of fans, many of them grown men, gathered in Richmond, B.C., Saturday to show their love for the children's animated show, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. The event was the first national Canadian convention for the fans, who call themselves...

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Woman's nose severed in Toronto elevator attack

An elderly woman's nose was severed during an attack that occurred in a downtown Toronto elevator, police say. Toronto police say the woman had just got off a streetcar, near Yonge and Dundas streets, when she was approached by a man at about 2 p.m....

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Bear stalks 2 women in 3-hour ordeal

Two Nova Scotia women say they had a close escape from a black bear while travelling in the Annapolis Valley. The three-hour ordeal ended with the pair cowering in an old hunter's shack while the bear pawed the walls of the building outside. Nikki...

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